Although my words were full of goodwill, I noticed that Fatty Li and Lou Xiaoman still had a look of fear on their faces.
There is nothing we can do about it. If I had not activated the fragments of the divine map before, we would probably have become food in the stomachs of those poisonous snakes by now.
"Well, since Zhao Xilan isn't here, let's look somewhere else. But I'm still curious, where did the flute sound come from? Who played the flute?"
At this time Zhang Chu spoke.
"I don't think the flute sound appeared for no reason. First, the small compass led us to this place. Then we found Zhao Xilan's shoes. And the black coffin in the cave. Then the flute sound appeared. And along with the flute sound came the swarms of poisonous snakes."
"Perhaps you didn't notice that when those poisonous snakes attacked us, their eyes were dull and turned red. If I'm not mistaken, this was all planned by someone. Their purpose was to keep us here, or to kill us here, and prevent us from looking for Zhao Xilan."
We all felt that Zhang Chu's words were right, so no one objected.
At this moment, Wang Jiuyang suddenly raised the small compass and said, "Look, the needle on the small compass has deflected again and is pointing in a new direction."
When we heard Wang Jiuyang's voice, we hurried over.
Sure enough, the needle on the small compass in Wang Jiuyang's hand deflected again, and the direction it pointed to changed again.
The needle pointed to the northeast of Snake Mountain.
Damn it, is it possible that someone is plotting against us again
I stared at the small compass with cold eyes, feeling very unhappy.
If someone is always plotting to murder us, then we will probably suffer sooner or later. First it was the Chi Gu, and now there are swarms of poisonous snakes. What will be next? I don't know.
But I guess the person who wants to harm us will never let us go easily. However, we still don't know who the person who wants to harm us is, or what his purpose is.
The cave was filled with a fishy smell that was extremely pungent.
We decided to leave here first.
There was wind inside the cave, so we didn't take the original route, but instead followed the sound of the wind to find the way there.
Sure enough, at a place on the west side of the cave, we found a gap about one person wide, which allowed us to pass through one by one.
This time we learned our lesson. Zhang Chu walked in front, controlling the two zombies to clear the way, and then we followed.
Fortunately, although the gap was long, there was no danger.
When we walked out of the cave, we all breathed a sigh of relief.
The sunshine outside is warm, and it makes people feel warm.
The wind in the woods was quite strong, but it didn't feel cold on my face. Instead, it felt very comfortable.
We were not in a hurry to go down the mountain. I first arranged for Yuquan and the old hunter Yang Dong to find a way down the mountain.
The remaining few of us gathered together and surrounded Wang Jiuyang.
Wang Jiuyang’s eyes were fixed on the small compass in his hand.
The needle on the small compass was indeed pointing to the northeast.
I have just asked the hunter Yang Dong, and he said that the northeast direction of Snake Mountain is exactly where the Miao people gather in Longtan Town.
Of course I was surprised. At the same time, I thought it was very likely that I would be able to find Zhao Xilan at the next stop.
After all, the person who wants to harm us cannot possibly scheme against us in every way.
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Soon, Yuquan and hunter Yang Dong, who had rushed to the northeast, returned. They found a path down the mountain from the northeast.
It is now a little after one in the afternoon, and we decided to continue searching according to the needle of the small compass.
Soon, we descended the Snake Mountain and didn't encounter many poisonous snakes along the way.
It seems that most of the poisonous snakes have been killed in the cave.
I’m afraid that Snake Mountain will have to change its name in the future.
After going down the mountain, we separated from the old hunter Yang Dong.
When we parted, we paid Yang Dong three thousand yuan as agreed before.
This made Yang Dong very happy. After all, three thousand yuan was a lot of money for him.
After separating from Yang Dong, we followed the guidance of the small compass and headed northeast. We encountered a big mountain in the middle and went around it.
After going around the mountain, it didn't take long for us to find the place indicated by the compass needle.
That place is located behind the mountains and is indeed a gathering place for the Miao people. However, when the Miao people saw us, they were very friendly and even invited us to drink rice wine.
After making sure the rice wine was fine, we all drank a lot of it, which was very thirst-quenching.
Soon at around four o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived at the place indicated by the small pointer.
The place was located in a low-lying area on a hillside.
At the very bottom there is a fairly large house.
The house is a stilt house and is made of bamboo.
The place pointed by the small compass needle was the stilt house. In other words, it was very likely that Zhao Xilan was inside the stilt house.
This time, we were very careful and approached the stilt house stealthily.
And when we just got there, even though we were very careful, we still met someone.
The man was a little old man, short and thin.
At that time, we were hiding more than a hundred meters away from the stilt house, observing the situation over there.
And the little old man appeared behind us.
Even Wang Jiuyang and I, who have strong perception, didn't notice the old man.
"Who are you? Why did you appear in our Miao village?"
The sudden sound scared us.
We hurriedly turned around, and when we saw the old man, we were all very surprised.
I frowned and stared at the skinny old man, then smiled awkwardly and said, "Old man, we are tourists who just happened to pass by here. We don't mean any harm. I hope you don't think too much about it. If you are fine, please leave this place first."
But the old man didn't buy it.
He glared at me and said unhappily, "You said you were passing by here, so why don't you leave?"
"I can tell you that there are some things in our Miao village that outsiders don't know. Although I don't know why you came here, I tell you that the stilt house is where Grandma Chimu lives. You'd better not go there. Her place is a charity cemetery, but it hides a lot of dead bodies!"
There are many dead bodies hidden here? Or is it a funeral cemetery?!
I have heard of Yi Zhuang, which is the place where corpse drivers stayed in ancient times.
This can be seen in Lin Zhengyin's movies.
After saying this, the old man continued, "Besides, Granny Chimu has an extremely strange temperament. If you disturb her, she might kill you. Although we live in a society ruled by law now, this is Miao territory. Many things are not as simple as they seem on the surface."
"I advise you to leave quickly. Otherwise, you will cause trouble.
Trouble is coming."
After listening to the skinny old man's words, I finally understood what he meant. It turned out that this old man was a kind-hearted person. He was afraid that something might happen to us, so he wanted us to leave.
I thought about it and asked, "Old sir, what is your name?"
The old man did not shy away from the question and said in a deep voice: "You can just call me Mr. Wu. I am from the Miao village, so I am very familiar with the situation in Miaojiang. So you should leave quickly now. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, no one will be able to save you."
Although we don't know whether what the old man said was true or false, or he was deliberately trying to scare us, after giving it some thought, I decided to tell him about Zhao Xilan.
So in front of the old man, I told him about Zhao Xilan's situation.
After hearing our story, the old man's face changed and he said in surprise, "Not good, not good. You must have provoked someone in our Miao area who shouldn't be provoked. From your description, that person knows how to raise Gu and control snakes. Just based on these two points, we can conclude that he is very powerful."
"Although the art of raising Gu and controlling snakes has declined in our Miao area, there are still some people who like to study these strange things. As far as I know, that Chimu Granny knows the art of controlling snakes. Could it be that the person who attacked you on the Snake Mountain was that Chimu Granny?"
After listening to Old Man Wu's statement, I feel that Zhao Xilan's disappearance is most likely related to that Grandma Chimu.
Lou Xiaoman stood aside and listened to my conversation with Old Man Wu.
After a while, Lou Xiaoman begged Old Man Wu, "Mr. Wu, can you help us? We are here to look for someone, and we will leave as soon as we find that person. We have been to two places before, but we didn't find my apprentice Zhao Xilan. I hope you can help us this time."
But Old Man Wu shook his head and said to us: "You may not know that the Gu breeders in our Miao area are also divided into different categories, black Miao and white Miao."
"The Black Miao like to raise poisonous insects to harm people, while the White Miao like to raise poisonous insects to save people. Let me tell you, that Chimu Granny is the Black Miao. As far as I know, before the reform and opening up, more than a dozen people died at her hands, and all of them died without anyone noticing."
"Don't think I'm trying to scare you. In fact, raising Gu is very magical. Some Miao people are born with the ability to release Gu, causing people to die inexplicably. Even now, this kind of thing happens from time to time in Miaojiang."
"So I advise you to leave here as soon as possible. If that Chimu Granny knows your purpose, you may be in danger. Although you have more people, you may not be a match for that Chimu Granny."
After listening to Old Man Wu’s description, I really think this matter is quite weird.
But if Zhao Xilan is really in that stilt house, it would be too unkind of us not to rescue her. Besides, we came to Miaojiang with so much difficulty just to find someone.
I shook my head and said to Old Man Wu, "Mr. Wu, to be honest, we are here to look for someone. If we can't find someone, we won't leave. Although that Chimu Granny is very powerful, we still have to try to break into this stilt house."
Old man Wu frowned.
After a while, he sighed and said, "Alas! You outsiders have no idea how powerful poisonous insects are. You are really like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers. That's it! In this case, I will help you."
(to be continued)
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